Discussion: Nice mile. How does that tran...

Nice mile. How does that translate to the track?

About the same as far as I can tell. Maybe 5 seconds difference, but I couldn't tell you which direction.

Ever thought of doing the Mississippi mile over the Chain of rocks bridge?

(oh and pssst - what about those Beaumont maps - can you bring them Thursday?)

What Beaumont maps? Am I supposed to be printing some?

I was meet director for the Mississippi Mile back when it was called the Riverfront Mile. I've never raced it, though.

I guess thats the perils of e-mail. you were copied several e-mails asking for input on the course, and also one requesting 3-4 maps to use as originals, and make copies - or bring 30 maps and people can copy. The course as of now is a 1 hour score-o using all the scouts easy controls, and then adding about 5-6 hard controls to that for the club event on a different map, setting up a choice hopefully if one wants to get a lot of easy controls, or all the hard ones, or some mix. easy 1pt.(30) hard 5 pt.

Chain of Rocks bridge is fun and I think favors people who are good at hills, since its a gradual but significant uphill the first 1/4 mile or so, then levels off, then downhill to the finish.

Chain of Rocks IS a lot of fun. Even I was 'flying' on the 3/8 mile downhill finish. (7 minutes a couple years ago.)

I think a 5:19 mile is about a 5:17 1600. A mile is 1609/1610 meters.

I think the question was how the treadmill speed translates to the track, not the mile/1600 conversion, but yes, 4 laps would be a couple seconds shorter.

I don't have any Beaumont maps printed. I assumed you were getting all that stuff from Beth since she's meet director and typically produces the maps.

My understanding was that Beth has only a small map for the scouts event, but we need a map of the whole thing for the 'big guys'.

Lets instead assume Beth told me right, or she is too overburdened to deal with it. If you also are too overburdened, (and considering all you do, which we all appreciate most heartily, I could certainly understand that you might be) then we have gridlock.

I can print more maps, I just won't have them until next week. Let me know how many you want.

supposed to be sparsely attended historically. good thing about blank maps, we can return unused ones. how bout forty (40).